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Friday, July 20, 2018

Swamp Chronicles

Why the President is so nice to Putin, even when Putin might not want him to be.

By Adam Davidson

Letter from Trump’s Washington

The Trump-Putin Summit and the Death of American Foreign Policy

Days after Helsinki, the Russians claim that big “agreements” were reached, and Washington is silent.

By Susan B. Glasser

Our Columnists

Why Did the European Commission Fine Google $5 Billion?

President Trump’s furious response came in the context of an expanding trade war that he is conducting with Europe.

By John Cassidy

PAID POST

The Death of Truth

Notes on falsehood in the age of Trump from Pulitzer Prize Winner Michiko Kakutani.

More in Culture

Those who seek to reduce behavior to laws would seem hopelessly at odds with those who are fascinated by our full particularity.

A Critic at Large

Can Economists and Humanists Ever Be Friends?

One discipline reduces behavior to elegantly simple rules; the other wallows in our full, complex particularity. What can they learn from each other?

By John Lanchester

A documentary about Alexander McQueen explores his aggressive talent.

The Current Cinema

“McQueen” Explores the Savage Talent of a Death-Haunted Designer

The first half of the documentary is an indubitable thrill. The second half is almost too sad for words.

By Anthony Lane

Photo Booth

The Eerie Anonymity of a Show of African-American Portraiture at the Met

An altering occurs when an institution places relics of real and recent life behind glass, making them into art objects.

By Doreen St. Félix

At Don Wagyu, a new sandwich shop in the financial district, a five-ounce piece of steak, imported from Japan, can cost as much as a hundred and eighty dollars. But the meat is treated like chicken: breaded in panko, dunked in oil, and placed between slices of crustless white toast for a katsu sando, or fried-cutlet sandwich.

Tables for Two

Is Don Wagyu’s Steak Sandwich Worth the Hundred-and-Eighty-Dollar Price Tag?

The financial-district restaurant serves its katsu sando with a pickle and nori-dusted fries, and it takes about as much time to eat as a hot dog.

By Hannah Goldfield

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Daily Shouts

Updated Presidential Fitness Test

Runners can earn points for speed and agility, but they can just as quickly lose points for mocking a dying war hero.

By Riane Konc

Daily Cartoon

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By Brendan Loper

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Friday, July 20, 2018